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<blockquote data-quote="ScottishJohn" data-source="post: 69487357" data-attributes="member: 99692"><p>No I was thinking 'our' in terms of what position Christians should be moving towards and striving towards. I guess what I'm thinking is that there is a ongoing culture of fear in our international relations. For the latter half of the 20 th century we were afraid of the communists and much was made of their threat. Then after the collapse of the soviet bloc we had a brief period of China dominating the news, and then the terrorists took over in the wake of 911 and apart from a few years when we were more afraid of global economic meltdown and the terrorists conveniently went away and left us to worry about the finance markets before coming back on the scene.</p><p></p><p>God says do not be afraid but so much of our modern political engagement is driven by fear.</p><p></p><p>I am wondering what our response as Christians is to militant Islam when it says in Genesis that God is looking out for these people and promised to build them into a nation.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if sometimes our fear comes from a lack of trust and a lack of belief in Gods lordship. Our actions to address the objects of our fear rarely go according to plan and often showcase our greed and self interest and make the problems worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScottishJohn, post: 69487357, member: 99692"] No I was thinking 'our' in terms of what position Christians should be moving towards and striving towards. I guess what I'm thinking is that there is a ongoing culture of fear in our international relations. For the latter half of the 20 th century we were afraid of the communists and much was made of their threat. Then after the collapse of the soviet bloc we had a brief period of China dominating the news, and then the terrorists took over in the wake of 911 and apart from a few years when we were more afraid of global economic meltdown and the terrorists conveniently went away and left us to worry about the finance markets before coming back on the scene. God says do not be afraid but so much of our modern political engagement is driven by fear. I am wondering what our response as Christians is to militant Islam when it says in Genesis that God is looking out for these people and promised to build them into a nation. I wonder if sometimes our fear comes from a lack of trust and a lack of belief in Gods lordship. Our actions to address the objects of our fear rarely go according to plan and often showcase our greed and self interest and make the problems worse. [/QUOTE]
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